Richard Adams

Richard Adams, in full Richard George Adams
(born May 9, 1920, Wash Common, Berkshire [now West Berkshire], England), English author known for redefining anthropomorphic fiction, most notably with Watership Down (1972; film 1978), a novel that naturalistically depicts the travails of a group of wild European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) seeking a new home.

Adams was raised in a rural community outside Newbury, Berkshire, where he led an isolated childhood mostly occupied by exploring his bucolic surroundings. He enrolled at Worcester College, Oxford, in 1938, but the advent of World War II the next year necessitated the postponement of his studies. ... (100 of 476 words)